DNF4-REPOMANAGE(8)

NAME
dnf4-repomanage - DNF repomanage Plugin

Manage a repository or a simple directory of rpm packages.

SYNOPSIS

dnf repomanage [<optional-options>] [<options>] <path>

DESCRIPTION

repomanage prints newest or older packages in a repository specified by <path> for easy piping to xargs or similar programs. In case <path> doesn't contain a valid repodata, it is searched for rpm packages which are then used instead. If the repodata are present, repomanage uses them as the source of truth, it doesn't verify that they match the present rpm packages. In fact, repomanage can run with just the repodata, no rpm packages are needed.

In order to work correctly with modular packages, <path> has to contain repodata with modular metadata. If modular content is present, repomanage prints packages from newest or older stream versions in addition to newest or older non-modular packages.

  Options

All general DNF options are accepted, see Options in dnf(8) for details.

The following options set what packages are displayed. These options are mutually exclusive, i.e. only one can be specified. If no option is specified, the newest packages are shown.

--old
    Show older packages (for a package or a stream show all versions except the newest one).

--oldonly
    Show older packages (same as --old, but exclude the newest packages even when it's included in the older stream versions).

--new
    Show newest packages.

    The following options control how packages are displayed in the output:

-s, --space
    Print resulting set separated by space instead of newline.

-k <keep-number>, --keep <keep-number>
    Limit the resulting set to newest <keep-number> packages.

EXAMPLES

Display newest packages in current repository (directory):

dnf repomanage --new .

Display 2 newest versions of each package in "home" directory:

dnf repomanage --new --keep 2 ~/

Display oldest packages separated by space in current repository (directory):

dnf repomanage --old --space .

AUTHOR
See AUTHORS in your Core DNF Plugins distribution

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